UGN UGN Shareware Manager

November Business & Professionals

This week we look at some new shareware for business and professional users including a new RSS reader to different Task/Time trackers, an invoicer and an ecommerce solution. We also see a media asset management add-on for FileMaker, a database viewer, and a pretty cool "visual thinking" outlining application.

Strider is a new RSS reader for Mac

It lets users manage dozens of RSS feeds, archive feeds to keep, and present them in a textual form or HTML representation. The shareware is fully functional for the first 30 days and licenses start at $12. [Picture / Download 604KB] Read more...

Track Tasks with TaskTime

ToThePoint Software has released TaskTime 3.0 - tracks time spent on jobs you do for your clients. It can generate personalized invoices which can be emailed, printed, and saved to disk. Includes a Client Manager, and a searchable User's Guide in PDF format. Shareware: $15 ($5 to upgrade for registered users) Download TaskTime

CG Invoicer means business

CG Invoicer 1.83 "helps with your administrative needs so you can focus on driving the growth of your business." Version 1.83 includes several enhancements and minor bug fixes, including: product list can now be sorted by price, CapsLock no longer interferes with creating a new product in Line Items, and Purchase Orders can now be generated. [Download: 8.2MB | $70] cginvoicer.com

E-Commerce Solution: SurfShop

SurfShop 7.4 is a "rock-solid, Perl based e-commerce solution" for Mac OS X. New and updated features of this major update include: viewing of categories and sub-categories before products are shown, new and more powerful calculations, and custom product options. [Download: 298KB | $170] SurfShop

iClock 2 Time Hub

iClock 2 Time Hub for Mac OS X is a replacement for the Mac OS X Menubar Clock. Version 2.0 adds hot keys, recurring alarms and new chiming options, new floating clocks faces, and calendar theme downloading. [6.1MB] www.scriptsoftware.com

Media asset management for FMP

MediaMaid FM 6 is the latest general-use release of the a powerful, easy to customize media asset management solution for use with FileMaker Pro. "In response to requests from customers, we've added a huge amount of functionality. In addition to a complete new user interface and improved reliability and speed, MediaMaid FM offers more customization options, a lot of better and easier to use search functions and many powerful possibilities to exchange data." ($200) [Download - 13.4MB] MediaMaid

SyBrowser 6.0 Database viewers

SyBrowser 6.0 is a suite of native client applications that provide an overview of the tables in Sybase, Oracle, PostgreSQL and MS SQL databases. It allows the execution of SQL queries and the ability to save queries. Version 6 adds an ERD properties palette, multiple undo's when creating ER diagrammes, faster loading/saving of query files, and auto-completion of SQL commands. ($90) [6.6MB] SyBrowser 6.0

ADmitMac: Macs on Windows Networks

ADmitMac 2.0.2 is a software solution for easily including Macintosh computers in Windows Active Directory Networks. New for this release is support for" domains configured using Microsoft's "hisecdc" template, "Drop box" type folders, and Apple's recently released Remote Desktop 2.1. [$120 - Download - 11.5MB] www.admitmac.com

Guard your passwords in a vault

PC-Mac PasswordVault v3.3 is a password manager which securely stores website usernames and passwords, Internet banking data, and more. It improves security by only allowing service passwords and the master password to be unmasked temporarily, protecting them from observation. New custom build options include forcing the user to enter a master password on startup, as well as a custom Help button to display organization-specific info. ($20) [Classic / OSX] www.lavasoftware.com

Pyramid "visual thinking" outlining application

Pyramid 1.3 is a "visual thinking" and outlining application for Mac OS X. New features added include smart object alignment guides, image resizing, text find and replace, and an enhanced tutorial. The full version of Pyramid sells for $30. [428KB Download] www.mindcad.com

See last week's Software Manager...

Until next time...

Check these out and let us know how you like them. Remember, all UGN readers would like to know your opinion on the best shareware and freeware... send in your reviews and have them published here in the User Group Network!

Thanks for reading...

Fred Showker
      Fred Showker, Editor/Publisher UG Net News

UGN Site Navigation:

Return to: the top of this page, or the INDEX for this department
Exit to: The User Group Network front page
Contact: The Editor, Webmaster or Membership Director

CREDITS:
Reviewed by Fred Showker for the User Group Network News Service. (C) 2004, all rights reserved. Affiliate groups may freely republish this piece so long as they include the tag line: "From the User Group Network News Service at http://www.user-groups.net/ " ... Event dates are subject to change. Some products, programs, or promotions are not available outside the U.S. Prices are estimated retail prices and are listed in U.S. dollars. Product specifications are subject to change. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, Mac OS, Macintosh, Power Mac, Velocity Engine, FireWire, AirPort, Safari, Sherlock, QuickTime, iLife, iTunes, iChat, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, iCal and Apple Store are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apple. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Mention of third-party products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neither a recommendation nor an endorsement.

 

The User Group Network is a member of: The Association of Apple Computer Users & Groups, the MUG News, and is sponsored in part by: The Design & Publishing Center, The News Serve Network, and the Designers' Bookshelf. The User Group Network is the first, and the original user group network for computer users everywhere including, Apple, Mac-Pro, User Group Organization to support Macintosh, IBM PC, Microsoft, Compaq, Amiga, BE/OS, Linux, UNIX, and other leading computer platforms. Hosting services are provided by The Graphic Design Network to serve the computing community. For information about the UGNetwork, to get involved or have your own groups' home page located at user-groups.net, please contact us. Copyright 1994 through present. This site is maintained in the community interest by The Graphic Design Network c/o Showker Graphic Arts & Design, a Corporation of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 22801, established in 1972.

Valid HTML 4.01!